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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Byeong-gyu Kang, Changwon, KR;
Jae-youl Lee, Changwon, KR;
Jeong-ho Shin, Changwon, KR;
Ki-hoon Song, Changwon, KR;
Byeong-Gyu Kang, Changwon, KR;
Jae-Youl Lee, Changwon, KR;
Jeong-Ho Shin, Changwon, KR;
Ki-Hoon Song, Changwon, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
In order to can conveniently operate the elevation of the shelf, move the shelf only by the movement of the shelf without performing the separate work in order to allow the user to move the shelf, and automatically fix the position of the shelf by means of the restoring force of the elastic member after the movement of the shelf is completed, the present invention discloses an elevation adjustment apparatus for a shelf in a refrigerator comprising an engaging guide lengthily formed up and down in the inside of the refrigerator; a shelf movably mounted up and down along the engaging guide; an engaging apparatus rotatably supported on the shelf and re-stricting the downward movement of the shelf by selectively hooking it on any position of the engaging guide by a rotation operation; and a load supporting apparatus supporting the load of the shelf at the position fixing the shelf by the engaging apparatus.